Q&A with Liz Hurlburt, EVP and Chief Clinical Strategy and Operations OfficerTell us about your first experience with a kidney patient, personally or professionally, and what impressions that left on you as a fellow human being?

Dawn Edwards has been navigating the challenges of kidney disease for 35 years. Her journey began at age 21, when she was diagnosed with proteinuria during her pregnancy – a condition marked by the presence of protein in the urine, often a sign of kidney damage.

Q&A with Mariana Murea, MD, TwoPlus Study Principal InvestigatorTell us about your first experience with a kidney patient, personally or professionally, and what impressions that left on you as a fellow human being? One of my most impactful experiences was with a patient receiving hemodialysis treatment in the hospital.

Eight-year-old Ayla Maher and her 5-year-old brother Otto Maher are recipients of an AAKP Cystinosis Scholarship. They are using the funds to attend Mass Audubon’s Nature Camp.Ayla Maher was diagnosed with cystinosis when she was just two and a half years old.